We must realize that the magnitude of the problem now is sufficiently larger than in the past to constitute a difference in kind rather than merely a difference in degree.

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Instead, I see only a difference in degree.

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But the difference is in degree.

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There would be a 180 degree difference in that they might be able to take advantage of opportunities available today instead of being taken down and having to rebuild their financial lives.

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Like Greece in the euro zone, Stockton represents a difference of degree, not of kind.

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The game that they would play in the pros would also be different from the game they were playing in college, but the difference was merely one of degree.

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That, Klein emphasized, is the basic difference between the easier job opportunities for dropouts in an age when a high school degree was not necessary for a starting position.

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This can make a difference in urban areas: Cities during the summer season tend to be about 1 degree Celsius warmer during the day and as much as 6 degrees Celsius warmer at night, according to the New Scientist.

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Take a well-known statistic: As recently as the 1970s, there was little difference in the lifetime earning potential between a high school grad and a four-year-college degree holder.

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Unless your student is in the top 1% or so of the Genius League, it makes little difference if he earns a degree from a fancy school or the Podunk State U--and even then it may be irrelevant.

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